The spring chorus concert was held at EHS last evening.

Water Olympics will be held the afternoon of Friday, May 4.  Please see Mrs. Lux for more details. 

Effingham High School is awarding weekly prizes for perfect attendance during the month of April. Each week a name is drawn from the list of those students with perfect attendance. The winner for week 1 was A. Carie and the winner for week 2 was A. Payne. The winners received Walmart gift cards and an IPod Shuffle.

Front Row (Left to Right): B. Stewart, S. Beck, M. Vail, C. Bingham, J. Tieffel, & A. Reed.

Back Row (Left to Right): T. Bushue, N. Gardewine, D. Lustig, A. Donsbach, S. Wolke & Z. Collier.

Students in the multimedia program at Effingham High School were recently notified that footage that was shot as part of a class project last year has made it into the final cut of the documentary film One Day on Earth.  The film is being produced by a host of talented filmmakers in Hollywood, and will be released globally on April 22,  2012.  Filmmakers from around the globe joined efforts on 10.10.10 to produce a film that showcase life on Earth over the course of a single day.  Drew and Derek Deters produced a short piece about Drew's grandfather who lives on a dairy farm.  His grandfather's message was simple; make sure to spend quality time with family and put in a good day's work.  Thousands of hours of footage was shot by filmmakers from every corner of the world, and it is a real honor to have footage that was shot by a couple of high school students make it into the final cut.  That accomplishment speaks volumes for the quality of story both young men produced and the level of their work as young filmmakers.  The media program is extremely proud of their efforts.  The opportunity to participate in a project like One Day on Earth has been life-changing.

The following is a press release from the producers at One Day on Earth:

United Nations and 'One Day on Earth' Prepare to Launch

The First Truly Global Film Premiere

Venues to Be Secured in Every Country in World for Historic February Screening

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, 2 November - The United Nations, in collaboration with the "One Day on Earth" online community, is preparing for what will be the first ever global screening of a film that includes footage that was shot in every country on the planet on a single day. The movie, which bears the same title as the organization, One Day on Earth, will be screened in every country of the world on the same day in late February 2012.

Working closely with the United Nations global network of country offices, the producers plan to screen the film in both theatres and venues of cultural and historic significance.

One Day on Earth produced the film in partnership with the United Nations, more than 60 non-profit organizations and a growing online community of over 19,000 filmmakers, both experienced and novice. On 10 October 2010 (10/10/10), the One Day on Earth community, including over 95 United Nations country offices, filmed in every country of the world, capturing both the joys and the struggles of everyday life. The film pulls from the resulting 3,000 hours of footage, which is now a shared-for-use archive for all those that participated.

"While the film identifies the common threads that connect us all, it also celebrates the diversity that is a part of our unique individual nature," says Kyle Ruddick, Founder and Director of One Day on Earth. "The film contains a message of hope, but also a strong call to action for positive change on issues that face both the global and local communities."

In an effort to increase the inclusiveness of the project, hundreds of short films that will result from the second One Day on Earth global filming day, scheduled for 11 November (11/11/11), will also be displayed at the global screening and event.

"This is a new step for the United Nations in aligning both online and offline public information efforts in a truly global way," said Kiyo Akasaka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. "Our partnership with One Day on Earth has grown from an experimental film project to a collaborative communications movement. This type of large scale event was a natural evolution for this partnership."

The United Nations is planning to use its country offices around the world to secure screens and bring together local communities. The long list of non-governmental organization supporters of the project will also provide assistance, such as the offering from Geneva-based Centre of European Nuclear Research to screen the film in its Globe of Science and Innovation.

"It is an honour to be the first film screened at this magnitude," said Brandon Litman, Co-founder and Executive Producer of One Day on Earth. "As a grassroots project pitched to the United Nations a year and a half ago, this truly shows how an idea can grow into a global experience."

The producers of One Day on Earth are encouraging media creators worldwide to join the online community and take part in the 11/11/11 event as a way to continue the worldwide documentation of culture, events, and issues. The United Nations, through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), recently pledged logistical support of One Day on Earth annual worldwide film collaborations until December 2015.

About One Day on Earth

One Day on Earth began in September 2008 as a new media project to create a unique video time capsule, global online community and feature-length film - all from participant footage captured during the 24-hour period of 10 October 2010 (10/10/10). Founder/Director Kyle Ruddick and Co-founder/Executive Producer Brandon Litman established the project as a shared archive, allowing all participants to use and edit the footage to show their interpretation of the world. One Day on Earth also works closely with dozens of non-profit and non-governmental organizations to document important social issues, holding annual global collaborations. To learn more, please visit www.OneDayOnEarth.org.

The Effingham High School band is currently holding a raffle for an Ipad 3 (newest model, Wi-Fi, 16GB, retina display, camera, etc), a Kindle Fire, 4 St. Louis Cardinals tickets (night game in June), and a $50 gift card to TGI Fridays.

The tickets are $5/each or 5 for $20. We will hold our drawing at our band concert on the evening of Friday, May 4th and the winners do not need to be present to win.

This fundraiser is to supplement our annual marching band budget which includes hiring marching band staff, purchase of a semi trailer, and updating and upgrading our band equipment.

Contact Mr. Wallace for more information.

Ever wonder how the recycling and "Go Green" movements came to be? Why all of a sudden, we recycle every thing from cans to paper to plastic bags? The problem of how to handle waste has grown exponentially over the last several years, and is a major source of conversation in circles around the globe.

Mr. Fatheree's 2nd hour Contemporary World History class took on a challenge to see if the tinsel in plastic bags was strong enough to be used for things other than waiting 500 years to disintegrate in a local landfill. They took approximately 500-550 plastic bags and began braiding them together. Each braid represented a vocab word. The vocab words were global sustainability, conservation, and deforestation. Symbolically, the three vocab words were woven together to create an innovative solution. The final product was a nine strand cable. Now what to do with the "cable"?

Why not challenge the Police? Oh, that's right; a car weighs roughly 4,000 pounds. Mr. Fatheree and his eager class decided to step up to the plate and take the police car head on, literally. Mr. Fatheree and Deputy Feldkamp tied the "cable" to a strut on the passenger side of the car. Deputy Feldkamp put the strobe lights on and the squad car in neutral. The students began to pull with ease as they took Deputy Feldkamp for a joy ride around the staff parking lot. The students made it all the way around the parking lot and parked the squad car without the cable breaking. This experiment showed how simple items that are thrown away and fill up the landfills can be repurposed to create other useful items. All the bags used in this lesson were recycled. 

Article written by: Macy Friese

The Unit #40 spring paper drive will be held on Friday, April 13 from 8-4 at the EJHS South parking lot.  We accept the following items:

• Office Paper
• Newspapers
• Magazines

If you have questions, please call 217.540.1100 for more information.